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Call for Advice No.18<br />
Group and cross-sec<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ral issues<br />
Extract from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Call for Advice:<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Services request CEIOPS <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> analyse what amendments, if any,<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> current Insurance Groups Directive 130 (IGD) would be needed <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> make<br />
Solvency II workable for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> supplementary supervisi<strong>on</strong> of insurance<br />
undertakings in an insurance group..<br />
This answer analyses specific issues that future legislati<strong>on</strong> will have <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> address<br />
or take in<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> account regarding groups:<br />
• <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> scope for regula<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry arbitrage (I);<br />
• capital requirements at group level (II);<br />
• Supervisory Review Process (III), and in particular <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> validati<strong>on</strong> of internal<br />
models (IV), for groups.<br />
Background<br />
18.1 The <str<strong>on</strong>g>European</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> has noted that during <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1990’s major<br />
changes have taken place in <str<strong>on</strong>g>European</str<strong>on</strong>g> insurance and financial markets<br />
as well as in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> regulati<strong>on</strong> of insurance and financial groups.<br />
18.2 Available evidence suggests that an increasing number of insurance<br />
companies are becoming parts of groups. At <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> same time, most<br />
decisi<strong>on</strong>s c<strong>on</strong>cerning risk management and governance of entities<br />
bel<strong>on</strong>ging <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> groups are often taken by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> parent of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> group. These<br />
trends highlight <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance of supplementary group supervisi<strong>on</strong> for<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficient and effective supervisi<strong>on</strong> at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> legal entity (solo) level.<br />
Hence issues related <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> insurance groups and financial c<strong>on</strong>glomerates<br />
also need <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be addressed as a part of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Solvency II project although<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> main focus is <strong>on</strong> capital requirements and supervisory review at <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
level of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> individual (solo) entities. Implicati<strong>on</strong>s for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> acquis<br />
communautaire in this area must also need <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be c<strong>on</strong>sidered.<br />
130 Directive 98/78/EC.<br />
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